Lesley's Running Blog

4.04 miles Zion National Park. 34:51 overall time, 8:37 pace.

1.00 miles Baltimore, Maryland. 8:02 overall time.

2.01 miles Cuyahoga Valley National Park. 16:18 overall time, 8:06 pace.

Another easy day to give myself some recovery. Hoping to snap out of this funk I am in. Slowest I have gone in awhile.

Aiming for 35 miles this week to recover. I don't even know how to run that few of miles anymore! I am ready for it!

2 mile warmup.

1600 (6:11) x 1200 (6:00 pace ~4:30) x 1000 (5:49 pace ~3:30) x 800 (5:40 pace ~2:50) x 400 (5:30 pace ~1:23)

1.5 mile cooldown.

Workout total: 8.20 miles in 1:01:16. Paris Marathon course. 7:28 overall pace.

5 easy miles. Loop around my house. Getting used to a new running watch!

39:12 overall time, 7:51 average pace.

2 mile warmup. 3 mile tempo at 6:19 pace on treadmill. 1 mile cooldown on treadmill. 1.5 mile jog/walk pushing double stroller to add to cooldown.

First 6 miles: 43:47 overall time, 7:18 average pace.

4.00 easy miles pushing single stroller. 34:20 overall time, 8:35 pace.

12.09 miles long run. Cold is going around our house and I had a headache/felt dehydrated most the run. I was glad I bought a gu to try out (I know- I should have been doing this on all my long runs). It was seriously magic today. Was able to cruise through the second half of my run. Although I always gag on the gu!

1:36:51 overall time, 8:01 pace.

My new watch records steps, and thanks to trick or treating/cleaning my house I walked an additional 6 miles. I was feeling pretty worn out from it all. Hopefully I can take this coming week as a real easy recovery week and then feel strong Saturday.